Introduction

The Decapod 0.4 release builds upon the 0.3 release by improving connectivity with supported cameras, bug fixing, and a number of back-end enhancements. New to this release is the "Camera Calibration" screen which guides the user in setting up cameras in an independent left and right camera configuration.

On a properly configured machine, Decapod 0.4 will be able to:

Configure the camera order and image rotation when capturing using independent left and right cameras.

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Features & Functionality

A vertical thumbnail navigator listing images captured by the cameras.

A larger preview area displaying the currently selected thumbnail in higher resolution.

Keyboard navigation of image thumbnails.

Reordering of image order by keyboard or mouse.

Delete an image by using keyboard or mouse (appropriate warning dialog displayed).

Display a status message confirming a successful deletion of image.

Capture:

Capture images using two cameras that support remote capture.

Activate capture process using mouse.

Detect supported and unsupported cameras, and give an appropriate diagnosis to the user (Partially implemented).

Display a status message confirming a successful capture.

Post-Capture Processing:

Automatically rotate and adjust the page order as specified during Camera Setup.

Join a pair of captured images to create a page spread equivalent.

Generate a thumbnail of the page spread.

Exporting:

Export the collection of images as a greyscale image PDF.

Limitations and Known Issues

Book content:

It is strongly recommended that Decapod be used with books employing a "Manhattan" style layout. These layouts should be in rectangular columns, with content fitting and staying within those column boundaries.

Books that are not this style may produce PDFs with unexpected anomalies.

Future releases of OCRopus (which Decapod uses for page analysis and OCR operations) may support more complex layouts.